PBA star defeats fellow Finn Pasi Uotila in the title match to win his 12th career PBA title, his 8th European Bowling Tour title and the 7.000 Euro top prize
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured with tournament director Thomas Gross, left) defeated fellow Finn Pasi Uotila (r.), 258-237, Sunday evening Oct. 6 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, to win the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open and the 7.000 Euro top prize. Koivuniemi captured his 8th European Bowling Tour title and his 12th Professional Bowlers Association Tour title.
Kelly Kulick (USA) wins the women's ranking in Vienna; Joline Persson-Planefors widens lead in 203 EBT Women's Point Ranking
Seven-time European Bowling Tour champion Dominic Barrett (pictured left) of England rolled a 1514 series in the second round of the finals in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open to lead the top 18 players into the third round at Plus Bowling in Vienna. Barrett, who was second in qualifying with 1587 and bypassed the first round this morning, rolled games of 267, 235, 238, 248, 279 and 247, an average of 252.33 for six games, and has the advantage that the pins will carry over to the next round.
Danish two-hander rolls 1464 series to lead the top 22 players into a second-round clash with the top eight qualifiers; Kelly Kulick (USA) and Martina Schütz (GER) will battle it out for the women's ranking title in Vienna
Markus Bergendorff (l.) of Denmark averaged 244 Sunday morning at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, en route to lead the first round of the finals in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open with 1464. Trailing Bergendorff by 53 pins to finish in second place was 12-time European Bowling Tour titlist Paul Moor (r.) of England with 1411. They lead the top 22 players into the second round, where they will meet the top eight qualifiers, who received a first-round bye.
Finnish two-hander sets a European Bowling Tour record for six games with 1614 and an average of 269; cut for 51st place is 1377 (229.50 average); Palermaa and Pasi Uotila win the Doubles competition with tournament record 3006 (250.50 average)
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland led a field of 272 players from 25 countries with European Bowling Tour record 1614, an average of 269, en route to win the qualifying of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Saturday night at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Traditionally, the qualifying was contested as a doubles competition.Palermaa won the event with fellow Finn Pasi Uotila (r.) with tournament record 3006 pins and an average of 250.50 en route to split the 1.600 Euro top prize.
Dominic Barrett leads the penultimate qualifying squad 19 with 1479; Anthony Pepe (USA) moves into 8th place; Laura Beuthner (GER) becomes the fifth woman above the cutline; two-hander Markus Bergendorff (DEN) is the 39th player who cracked the 1400-mark; cut for 51st place is 1377 (229.50 average)
Osku Palermaa of Finland and Dominic Barrett of England (l-r), who lead the qualifying of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open with 1614 (269 average) and 1587 (264.50) teamed in the penultimate qualifying squad 19 en route to overtake second place in the Doubles competition with 2946 or an average of 245.50. Anthony Pepe, United States (8th, 1468), Germany's Laura Beuthner (25th, 1430) and Danish two-hander Markus Bergendorff (31st, 1416) moved into the top 51.
Czech bowler overtakes 14th place with 1449; another four players surpass the 1400-mark; cut for 51st place is 1370 (228.33 average)
Marek Talpa (l.) of the Czech Republic closed out the 18th qualifying squad of the 11th Columbia Vienna Open with the tournament's fourth 300 game en route to leap into 14th place in the overall qualifying standings with 1449 and an average of 241.50. Another four players cracked the 1400-mark. Finland's Osku Palermaa (r.) continued to lead the field of 271 players from 24 countries with European Bowling Tour record 1614 pins and an average of 269.
Dane becomes the 32nd player in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open who cracked the 1400-bar; Jeroen van Geel (NED) and Austria's Ivonne Gross move into the top 51; cutoff number is now 1360 (226.67 average)
Danish national team member Frederik Øhrgaard (pictured with Mai Ginge Jensen, right) kicked off the final qualifying day off the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open with a 1413 series, an average of 235.50, to leap from 66th to 29th place in the overall qualifying standings. Øhrgaard started the 8 o'clock squad 17 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, with games of 232, 256, 225, 222 and 212 and closed out with 266 to become the 32nd player in this tournament, who cracked the 1400-bar.
German youth national team member fires 1492 series to jump into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings; Finn Osku Palermaa is in control of the 258-player leaderboard with EBT record 1614 (269 average); heading into the final qualifying day, the cut for 51st place is 1359 (226.50 average)
Robin Menacher (pictured with Andre Michow, left) of Germany averaged 248.67 in the last squad Friday night at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, en route to jump into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings with 1492. The German youth national team member, who has won a silver medal with the German boys' team at the European Youth Championships earlier this year here at Plus Bowling, started his six-game series with 225 and 216 followed by 267, 248, 257 and a final 279 high game.
Swede finishes with back-to-back 268 games to lead Qualifying Squad 15; Finn Osku Palermaa holds on to lead a field of 258 players from 23 countries with EBT record 1614 and an average of 269; the cut for 51st place (1355) surpasses the 225 average mark
Martin Larsen (l.) of Sweden rolled games of 237, 253, 258, 236 and back-to-back 268 to lead the 15th squad of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open en route to overtake the fourth place in the qualifying with 1520 or an average 253.33. The multiple world champion lost his European Bowling Tour record for six games (1403) to Finland's Osku Palermaa (r.) yesterday, when the two-hander fired a 1614 series (269 average), which included three 279 games.
Englishman moves into fourth place in qualifying with 1511; Osku Palermaa (FIN) continues to lead with EBT record 1614 (269 average); Finns Koivuniemi, Ahokas crack the top 8 in Squad 14; cut for 51st place is 1338 (223 average)
Stuart Williams (pictured with Kelly Kulick, left) of England became the fourth player in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open who surpassed the 1500-mark when the Englishman posted a 1511 series in Squad 14 Friday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The former World Ranking Masters champion, who owns six European Bowling Tour titles and one Professional Bowlers Association Tour title, averaged 251.83 for the round including games of 246, 238, 268, 245 and back-to-back 257.
Finn Riku Petteri Kivelä leads Squad 13 with 1344 to move into 44th place; cut for 51st place is 1320, an average of 220
There were no changes atop the leader board in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open after the 13th qualifying squad concluded. Riku Petteri Kivelä (l.) of Finland and Jeroen van Geel (r.), Netherlands, were the only players of the 16-player squad, who averaged over 220 to leap into the top 51, who will qualify for the finals. Osku Palermaa of Finland leads the 232-player field from 21 countries with EBT record 1614 pins and an average of 269.
Another three players, Richard Teece (ENG), Mika Koivuniemi (FIN) and Benjamin Kubalek AUS) were above the cut line (1314; 219 average)
Martin Paulsson (r.) of Sweden led the last Squad on Thursday (No. 12) with 1409 en route to move into 22nd place in the overall qualifying standings of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The World Champion in Doubles in 2010 averaged 234.83 for the six-game block including games of 201, 246, 268, 221, 228 and 245. His team mate Matthias Olsson (l.) added 1297 (58th place) for 2706 total, an average of 225.50, good for 22nd place but six pins below the cut line.
Finnish two-hander averages 269 to break the six-year old record from Martin Larsen (SWE) by 11 pins; Palermaa and Pasi Uotila become the first team that cracks the 3000-bar in Doubles (3006; 250.5 avg.); Missy Parkin (USA) is the best woman in 8th place with 1453; cutoff number for 51st place surpasses the 1300-mark (1303; 217.17 avg.)
Osku Palermaa (pictured) of Finland set a new record for six games on the European Bowling Tour when the two-hander fired a 1614 series, an average of 269 for six games, in the 11th qualifying squad of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Thursday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Palermaa started the strike fest with 279 followed by his low games of 247 and 257 and closed out with 273, 279 and 279. Palermaa teamed with Pasi Uotila (1392) to become the first duo ever which cracked the 3000-bar.
Finn, Englishman lead Squad 10 with 1449 and 1442 to move into 8th and 11th place in the qualifying of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open; Dominic Barrett (ENG) continues to lead 195-player field with 1587; Kelly Kulick (USA) is the best woman in 20th place with 1398; cut for 51st place is 1278 (213 avg.)
Multiple European Bowling Tour champions Osku Palermaa of Finland and Stuart Williams of England (r-l) averaged 240.92 Thursday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, en route to overtake the lead in the Doubles competition with 2891 as the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open has reached the halfway mark. Palermaa toppled 1449 pins to move into 8th place in Singles qualifying and Williams, who contributed 1442 leaped into 11th place. Dominic Barrett of England leads with 1587 (264.50).
Dane Stampe paces Squad 4 with 1527; Englishman Barrett leads Squad 5 and 6 with 1587 and 1484; Sean Rash, Mike Fagan, Steven Novak (USA) and Dennis Eklund (SWE) crack top 9; cut for 51st place is 1254 (209 avg.); Eklund and Anže Grabrijan (SLO) lead in Doubles with 2847 (237.25)
Dominic Barrett (l.) of England and Dane Mik Stampe (r.) set the tone Tuesday Squads 4-6 en route to move to the top of the qualifying leaderboard in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Stampe started the day with the second 300 game of the tournament and a 1527 series (254.50 average). Barrett topped Stampe by another 60 pins, when he toppled 1587 pins in Squad 5 to take the overall qualifying lead.
Austrian leads a field of 118 players from 17 countries after the opening day with 1466 (244.33 average); cut for 51st place is 1198 (199.67); Germany's Tobias Börding and Martina Schütz set the pace in Doubles with 2786 (232.17 incl. hdcp)
Local bowler Leo Grundschober (pictured left) took the early lead in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open, a European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event, which got underway Monday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The former Austrian national team member sandwiched games between 206 and 228 around high games of 299 and 300 for 1466 and an average of 244.33 to lead a field of 118 players from 17 countries after the first three of 20 qualifying squads. Qualifying continues Tuesday, Oct. 1 with Squads 4-6.
257 players from 28 countries have registered for the popular European Bowling Tour & World Bowling Tour event which offers total prize fund of 75.130 Euro (approx. $100,000) and a PBA title if won by a PBA member
The 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 15th tournament of the 2013 European Bowling Tour season as well as the 13th event of the 2013 World Bowling Tour. More than 250 players from 28 countries have registered for the popular EBT "gold" tournament, which gets underway today with Squads 1-3 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The VO offers total prize fund of 75.130 Euro and a PBA international title. For the 11th year in a row, Bowlingdigital will report live from Vienna.
European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event offers total prize fund of 75.130 Euro (approx. $100,000) and a PBA title if won by a PBA member
Online registration for the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open, a European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event, opens this evening, April 10 on the tournament's website http://www.viennaopen.com. The EBT "gold" tournament will run from Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2013 at 32-lane Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, and offers total prize fund of 75.130 Euro with 7.000 Euro going to the winner. The VO awards a PBA international title if won by a PBA member.
Mika Koivuniemi (pictured with tournament director Thomas Gross, left) defeated fellow Finn Pasi Uotila (r.), 258-237, Sunday evening Oct. 6 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, to win the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open and the 7.000 Euro top prize. Koivuniemi captured his 8th European Bowling Tour title and his 12th Professional Bowlers Association Tour title.
Seven-time European Bowling Tour champion Dominic Barrett (pictured left) of England rolled a 1514 series in the second round of the finals in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open to lead the top 18 players into the third round at Plus Bowling in Vienna. Barrett, who was second in qualifying with 1587 and bypassed the first round this morning, rolled games of 267, 235, 238, 248, 279 and 247, an average of 252.33 for six games, and has the advantage that the pins will carry over to the next round.
Markus Bergendorff (l.) of Denmark averaged 244 Sunday morning at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, en route to lead the first round of the finals in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open with 1464. Trailing Bergendorff by 53 pins to finish in second place was 12-time European Bowling Tour titlist Paul Moor (r.) of England with 1411. They lead the top 22 players into the second round, where they will meet the top eight qualifiers, who received a first-round bye.
Osku Palermaa (l.) of Finland led a field of 272 players from 25 countries with European Bowling Tour record 1614, an average of 269, en route to win the qualifying of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Saturday night at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Traditionally, the qualifying was contested as a doubles competition.Palermaa won the event with fellow Finn Pasi Uotila (r.) with tournament record 3006 pins and an average of 250.50 en route to split the 1.600 Euro top prize.
Osku Palermaa of Finland and Dominic Barrett of England (l-r), who lead the qualifying of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open with 1614 (269 average) and 1587 (264.50) teamed in the penultimate qualifying squad 19 en route to overtake second place in the Doubles competition with 2946 or an average of 245.50. Anthony Pepe, United States (8th, 1468), Germany's Laura Beuthner (25th, 1430) and Danish two-hander Markus Bergendorff (31st, 1416) moved into the top 51.
Marek Talpa (l.) of the Czech Republic closed out the 18th qualifying squad of the 11th Columbia Vienna Open with the tournament's fourth 300 game en route to leap into 14th place in the overall qualifying standings with 1449 and an average of 241.50. Another four players cracked the 1400-mark. Finland's Osku Palermaa (r.) continued to lead the field of 271 players from 24 countries with European Bowling Tour record 1614 pins and an average of 269.
Danish national team member Frederik Øhrgaard (pictured with Mai Ginge Jensen, right) kicked off the final qualifying day off the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open with a 1413 series, an average of 235.50, to leap from 66th to 29th place in the overall qualifying standings. Øhrgaard started the 8 o'clock squad 17 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, with games of 232, 256, 225, 222 and 212 and closed out with 266 to become the 32nd player in this tournament, who cracked the 1400-bar.
Robin Menacher (pictured with Andre Michow, left) of Germany averaged 248.67 in the last squad Friday night at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, en route to jump into sixth place in the overall qualifying standings with 1492. The German youth national team member, who has won a silver medal with the German boys' team at the European Youth Championships earlier this year here at Plus Bowling, started his six-game series with 225 and 216 followed by 267, 248, 257 and a final 279 high game.
Martin Larsen (l.) of Sweden rolled games of 237, 253, 258, 236 and back-to-back 268 to lead the 15th squad of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open en route to overtake the fourth place in the qualifying with 1520 or an average 253.33. The multiple world champion lost his European Bowling Tour record for six games (1403) to Finland's Osku Palermaa (r.) yesterday, when the two-hander fired a 1614 series (269 average), which included three 279 games.
Stuart Williams (pictured with Kelly Kulick, left) of England became the fourth player in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open who surpassed the 1500-mark when the Englishman posted a 1511 series in Squad 14 Friday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The former World Ranking Masters champion, who owns six European Bowling Tour titles and one Professional Bowlers Association Tour title, averaged 251.83 for the round including games of 246, 238, 268, 245 and back-to-back 257.
There were no changes atop the leader board in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open after the 13th qualifying squad concluded. Riku Petteri Kivelä (l.) of Finland and Jeroen van Geel (r.), Netherlands, were the only players of the 16-player squad, who averaged over 220 to leap into the top 51, who will qualify for the finals. Osku Palermaa of Finland leads the 232-player field from 21 countries with EBT record 1614 pins and an average of 269.
Martin Paulsson (r.) of Sweden led the last Squad on Thursday (No. 12) with 1409 en route to move into 22nd place in the overall qualifying standings of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open. The World Champion in Doubles in 2010 averaged 234.83 for the six-game block including games of 201, 246, 268, 221, 228 and 245. His team mate Matthias Olsson (l.) added 1297 (58th place) for 2706 total, an average of 225.50, good for 22nd place but six pins below the cut line.
Osku Palermaa (pictured) of Finland set a new record for six games on the European Bowling Tour when the two-hander fired a 1614 series, an average of 269 for six games, in the 11th qualifying squad of the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open Thursday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Palermaa started the strike fest with 279 followed by his low games of 247 and 257 and closed out with 273, 279 and 279. Palermaa teamed with Pasi Uotila (1392) to become the first duo ever which cracked the 3000-bar.
Multiple European Bowling Tour champions Osku Palermaa of Finland and Stuart Williams of England (r-l) averaged 240.92 Thursday afternoon at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria, en route to overtake the lead in the Doubles competition with 2891 as the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open has reached the halfway mark. Palermaa toppled 1449 pins to move into 8th place in Singles qualifying and Williams, who contributed 1442 leaped into 11th place. Dominic Barrett of England leads with 1587 (264.50).
Dominic Barrett (l.) of England and Dane Mik Stampe (r.) set the tone Tuesday Squads 4-6 en route to move to the top of the qualifying leaderboard in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Stampe started the day with the second 300 game of the tournament and a 1527 series (254.50 average). Barrett topped Stampe by another 60 pins, when he toppled 1587 pins in Squad 5 to take the overall qualifying lead.
Local bowler Leo Grundschober (pictured left) took the early lead in the 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open, a European Bowling Tour and World Bowling Tour event, which got underway Monday at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The former Austrian national team member sandwiched games between 206 and 228 around high games of 299 and 300 for 1466 and an average of 244.33 to lead a field of 118 players from 17 countries after the first three of 20 qualifying squads. Qualifying continues Tuesday, Oct. 1 with Squads 4-6.
The 11th Columbia 300 Vienna Open is the 15th tournament of the 2013 European Bowling Tour season as well as the 13th event of the 2013 World Bowling Tour. More than 250 players from 28 countries have registered for the popular EBT "gold" tournament, which gets underway today with Squads 1-3 at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. The VO offers total prize fund of 75.130 Euro and a PBA international title. For the 11th year in a row, Bowlingdigital will report live from Vienna.
